At the conclusion of the press conference to announce Toshiba’s dissolution of the HD-DVD format in Sydney yesterday (which I attended and live-blogged), we had the opportunity to ask Toshiba Australia’s general manager Mark Whittard a few questions. He was gracious enough after what must have been a hard few days to remain more than happy to give us his time.

TweakTown: Was it naïve to think that Toshiba could go up against the conglomerate of companies in the Blu-ray Disc Association, and expect to win?